John Revans was secretary to the English Poor Law Commission and the Royal Commission on the Poorer Classes in Ireland 1833. In 1836, he was appointed assistant commissioner of the

Poor Laws In English and British history, poor relief refers to government and ecclesiastical action to relieve poverty. Over the centuries, various authorities have needed to decide whose poverty deserves relief and also who should bear the cost of hel ...

. In the 1840s he conducted an examination of the Chartist land settlements for the

Poor Law Commissioners The Poor Law Commission was a body established to administer poor relief after the passing of the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834. The commission was made up of three commissioners who became known as "The Bashaws of Somerset House", their secretary a ...

. He was described as a "Benthamite radical".

Selected publications

*''Observations on the timber trade''. Richardson, 1831. *''Remarks on the navigation laws''. Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1831. *''Evils of the state of Ireland, their causes, and their remedy; a poor law''. 1836.

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